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-====== Aeonic beam weapons ======
-| The sale, maintenance and manufacture of Aeonic Beam weapons is primarily controlled by XXXXX government. Any unauthorised use is strictly illegal under XXXXX guidelines. In many nations, it is a felony to operate an aeonic weapon within an atmosphere. |
-There are many types of aeonic beam weapons but most follow a relatively simple idea of compressing a lattice into the previously mentioned degeneracy state.
-Important is that the interactions of a degeneracy state lattice are almost entirely different - greedily gobbling up gluons which hold matter together on contact, releasing huge amounts of energy (which populate surrounding photons) as a consequence in the form of gamma radiation which propegates inside of the structure it strikes.
-This degenerancy round is fired - repulsed down a barrel with a scalar discharge, exciting it into a volatile state. As the shot leaves the barrel, it surrenders the photons it held, creating a trail of visible light.
-With no grip on its own photons and a neutral charge of bosons, the shot is no longer affected by electromagnetic or scalar fields and aeon beams will freely pass through one another with zero displacement or repulsion.
-In an atmosphere, a round can often be seen triggering a brief nuclear decay (with its gluon gobbling behavior). The resulting released radiation leaves a huge tunnel of superheated plasma, giving the impression of a larger beam than the one fired, dealing secondary damage to targets.
-On impact, the effect of an aeonic beam is devistating. When the lattice arrangement is broken, its stored energy potential is unleashed, usually destabilizing the nucleus of a target. This can trigger a chain reaction, leading to total annialation of a target.
-Often, the beam will pass cleanly through less dense targets.
-==== Specialty beam weapons ====
- Some beam weapons alter the lattice as it leaves the barrel, further stabilising it into a small spherical pellet rather than a beam. This pellet is much harder to spot and usually has a far higher round velocity - ideal in combat against powered-armour but lacks mass, making it weaker and less potent against large targets such as starships.
- An example of a 'pellet' style aeonic beam weapon would be the Aeon Gatling Rifle, a weapon which uses multiple barrels to discharge an extremely high number of shots.  While technically weaker (chipping away armour), the higher number of shots has obvious advantages enjoyed by conventional gatling weapons. It is also much less unwieldy than a beam weapon, since the stream of weapons fire is constant rather than brief, making it ideal for the high speed high mobility combat of powered-armour.